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I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud. by William Wordsworth.
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I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth
I Wandered Lonely As A CloudWilliam WordsworthI wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.The waves beside them danced, but theyOut-did the sparkling leaves in glee;A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company!I gazed-and gazed-but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.
Definitions • vales- valley • daffodils- yellow flower • sprightly- lively; animated • gay- cheerful and lighthearted; merry • jocund- lighthearted; merry • pensive- deeply or dreamily thoughtful • solitude- the state of being alone
William Wordsworth • 1771-1850 • British Poet • Helped start the English Romantic Movement • Love of Nature • Lost both of his parents by the age of 13 • Attended Cambridge University
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